REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY

REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY
Course Code
DB 3502
Credit Points
15
Course Coordinator
Prof P Fowler

Pre-requisites

BI 20Z1 or BI 20B2 or BI 20M3 or BI 25B2

Overview

The gonads, sexual differentiation, ovarian and testicular function and their control, central control of reproduction, reproductive rhythms, puberty, oestrous/menstrual cycles, fertilisation, implantation, placentation, embryo/fetal development biology, pregnancy, fertility, manipulation of reproduction, induction and inhibition of fertility.

Structure

Thread I: 6 week course - 22 hours lectures, 3 hours tutorials, 4 hours 6 hours laboratories per course.

Slots A & E weeks 30-35.

Assessment

1st Attempt: 1 two-hour examination (70%); essay (25%) and in-course MCQ (5%).

Resit: A resit exam, in the same format as the main exam.